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Remove Filter  | Is everyone familiar with this game? Just reply with the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the last word posted. You can't respond to the post with a comment, just the word that comes to your mind. It can only be a word or a …  |
| | I'm curious if anyone here likes Anime. If so, what are your favorite series?  |
| | Just curious. Hehe, I was thinking about this the other day and now I'm wondering what all you fellow coders out there have done. So what's the HARDEST most complicated program you've written? It doesn't have to be efficient, heck, it can all be spaghetti code. The hardest thing I've … |
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| | How long do you use your computer each day? |
| | If you're doing programs for academic reasons, this is a good site to go for C++ information. Good for snippets. Used it a lot through classes. http://www.mvhs.net/~rkrane/clecs/  |
| | [size=4]PHP and MySQL Web Development[/size] [b]by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson[/b] Extremely useful - This is a very useful book. If you're a web developer, and you're starting out with PHP, it will do wonders. It covers many important things such as creating a successful shopping cart, web based e-mail, web … |
| | Hey everyone! (It's been a long time since I posted!) I've just upgraded from WindowsXP to Windows 7. One thing I hate is how how when I have an Explorer window open, and I start typing to move the focus to a file/directory name in that directory, it instantly assumes … |
| | [size=4]Sams Teach Yourself E-Commerce Programming with ASP in 21 Days[/size] [b]by Stephen Walther, et al[/b] Very useful - I found this book extremely useful for beginning e-commerce. If you have no idea where to start when tackling an e-commerce project, I highly recommend this book. The ideas it provides along … |
| | Dani, I think you need to create a sticky post of guidelines before posting. Maybe have it on every forum. This is for the people that put up homework assignments (or any other type for that matter) and want a quick answer without even trying. This forum is about learning, …  |
| | This book is excellent: [b]Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)[/b] [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323583/qid=1034404576/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-8089820-6681729[/url] It received good reviews. Here's my personal review from Amazon.com: This is probably one of the best books by Sams that I've read. If you want to start shell programming, you've picked up the perfect … |
| | This is a very important issue to consider when you're using form/url variables in databases. A user can cleverly put in SQL statements and manipulate your db server as he sees fit if you don't take the necessary precautions. I get the feeling that there are several people that aren't …  |
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| | Hey guys. Wondering what your all time favorite games are for any console. Here are my favs: NES: Megaman Series (especially Megaman III), Zelda, SuperMario 3, Castlevania 3 SNES: Secret of Mana, Zelda (Link to the Past), Sim City, SuperMario Kart, StreetFighter II, Starfox, Megaman Series Of course these are … |
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| | Hey guys. I was thinking about writing a C++ tutorial. What do you think are the hardest topics to cover in C++? I know a lot of people have a hard time with pointers, but I was wondering what you guys think. |
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| | Microsoft does it again! After having a court trial with Sun, about WindowsXP's problem with Java, Microsoft has come up with a good idea. Make its own version of Java and screw Sun. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-937053.html?tag=fd_top  |
| | How do you select a web host? Do you just look at what they offer? Their price? Technical support? This web site contains several documents that will help you select the right host. Not only that, but it will teach you the terms used in web hosting. This is suggested … |
| | So, what do you do? What do you like? What do you hate? What are your hobbies? I think we all know that we have computers in common. Some of us are into programming, while others into networking, hardware, etc. But what's the other side of you like? The side …  |
| | Here's a thread I posted on previous forum regarding the three: I've used PHP, ASP, and ColdFusion, and out of the three, ColdFusion is probably the most fun to play with. Of course, this is a very biased question to begin with. If you ask a C++ programmer what the … |
| | Hey all, glad to see familiar faces around the forums. How y'all been? I hope some of you remember me... I was here when Daniweb was just a baby.... :cool: |
| | I thought this was an interesting article. It discusses the decline in computer science enrollments. Also, be sure to check out the discussion that follows the article over at builder.com. [quote] At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as in other schools across the country, computer science enrollments are dropping, raising … |
| | This is a very handy little tool. It's a simple process killer. Works pretty well whenever you got a program/process going and the Task Manager won't close it no matter what. This closes it. :) http://www.xeonstudio.com/files/pskill.exe |
| | [url]http://www.kf.ee/flash/xiaoxiao.shtml[/url] |
| | [size=4]Sams Teach Yourself Active Server Pages in 24 Hours[/size] [b]by Christoph Wille, Christian Koller[/b] Worth it for its price, but prepare to work - If you buy this book, then be prepared to work. If you're new to the whole programming field, or maybe just web programming, don't think the … |
| | Anyone try out the new MX products? So far I've tried Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX, and I have to say, I'm VERY impressed! Flash MX now has prebuild components such as form objects: text boxes, buttons, list boxes and more. Also, the interface has changed... for the better. It … |
| | [size=4]Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites[/size] [b]by Leon Atkinson[/b] More of a reference book ... and a mediocre one - Don't expect to learn much from this book. The tutorial is mediocre and so is the reference. This book could've fit in about 100 pages or … |
| | This is from nyphp-talk: [nyphp-talk] Zend PHP Certification Daniel Kushner kushner at gmail.com Thu Jun 17 20:08:33 EDT 2004 Previous message: [nyphp-talk] PHP and Flash Next message: [nyphp-talk] DB Differences Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NYPHP List: This email … |
| | As usual, download and read about it at [url="http://www.php.net/"]http://www.php.net/[/url] |
| | [size=4]Beginning Perl[/size] [b]by Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright[/b] I have gone through several Perl tutorials in the past, and I have to admit that this is the best one I've seen, especially if you already know how to program. I came from a C++ world, so it was relatively easy to … |
| | Finally, there's a book that will help you prepare for the MySQL certification exams. Learn more about it here: [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672326329/qid=1087361084/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7750886-2407247?v=glance&s=books"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672326329/qid=1087361084/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7750886-2407247?v=glance&s=books[/url] |
| | This is a great IDE for C++ (Windows). Great for academic programs. It comes with a C++ compiler and a slew of popular c++ libraries already for use. Very simple and intuitive to use if you don't want to use Visual C++, Turbo C++, or DJGPP. Check out the screenshot. …  |
| | [size=4]A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0[/size] [b]by W. J. Gilmore[/b] Not a bad book - Overall, this was not a bad book. I was breezing through the chapters since I already knew C++... and I have to say he did a good job on showing how to set up PHP …  |
| | [size=4]ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit[/size] [b]by Ben Forta[/b] This is probably the best ColdFusion book (for version 5, not MX) you can get right now. Goes over the very basics of web programming - all the technical stuff served to you on a silver platter. They did a really … |
| | [url=http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/236217&mode=thread&tid=145]http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/236217&mode=thread&tid=145[/url]  |
| | Everyone knows that usually every Perl program should start with something along the lines of "#!/usr/bin/perl" ... what's often called as "shebang." Anyone know why? I just read this cute post on google... The exclamation point has been nicknamed "bang" for as long as I can remember. (Back in the … |
| | How about a magazine cover for techtalkforums? What do you guys think? If you have an idea, let's hear it! :cool:  |
| | You ever use Perl? What are you thoughts? How does it compete with newer languages? Can it be used for the enterprise arena?  |
| | What super power would you most likely want? |
| | [size=4]Essential Coldfusion 4.5 For Web Professionals[/size] [b]by Micah Brown, Mike Fredrick[/b] Good book if you know Coldfusion - This book serves more as a reference for Coldfusion instead of a true tutorial. This book however is extremely useful as it provides real world examples and snips of code that can … |
| | [size=4]Macromedia Coldfusion 5 Language Reference[/size] [b]by Ben Forta[/b] Useful but could use better examples - While this reference contains all the functions/tags/variables/etc. used in ColdFusion, the book could use better/innovative examples. At first glance, I was surprised at the size of the book. How can someone fit so much in … |
| | Try/Catch blocks, Private, Public, Protected variables/functions, and more. Import functions through namespaces....finally! This language is reminding me more of C++. Read more about it here: [url]http://www.phpvolcano.com/articles/php5/index.php[/url] |
| | Article from: [url=http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2003/Feb/1006046.html]securitytracker.com[/url] To view working sample, go to: [url]http://sec.drorshalev.com/dev/luck/default.asp[/url] Microsoft Internet Explorer showHelp() Domain Security Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Commands SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1006046 CVE Reference: CAN-2003-1328 (Links to External Site) Date: Feb 5 2003 Impact: Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code … |
| | Just wondering if you guys think there's a future for XHTML. If you don't know what XHTML is, it's just HTML ala XML. It's HTML with the structure and benefits of XML. The only reason I bring up this question is, if in fact XHTML replaces HTML, think of how … |
| | Here's an interesting document I came across with when looking up information about Bash programming. For the most part I agree with him... based on my linux programming experience. I don't think [b]all[/b] Linux people "suck" as he put it, but I've come across more snobs in the Linux community … |
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| | Anyone try this product? (Contribute) Here's the URL for it. http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/productinfo/product_overview/ With Macromedia Contribute now anyone can easily update and publish content to existing websites without knowing HTML. Here |
| | This is a good FAQ on ColdFusion written by the popular Ben Forta. [url]http://www.cffaq.com/[/url] |
| | [url]http://staging.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/21/021021hnnovellmysql.xml?Template=/storypages/printfriendly.html[/url] |
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